Welcome to snapecase! The Snape Showcase is an anonymous fest that celebrates Severus Snape throughout his ages with a showcase of art and short fic. Gen, het, and slash fan works of any kind and of any rating are welcome. To participate, artists and writers (18 or older) create fan works concerning Snape with regard to their assigned age-range categories. snapecase's purpose is to bring new, stand-alone Snape-related fan works into the world; its challenge for creators is to do so by exploring one particular period of his life within their individual (or collaborative!) works of art, fic, or art & fic.

Before you join and watch the community, familiarise yourself with the Snape Showcase's rules, schedule, and submission guidelines and direct any questions or concerns about them to the mod account, snapecase [at] gmail [dot] com.

Sign-up Period (October 2018): During the sign-up period, request age-range categories in order of preference; you'll be assigned one age-range category at a time on a first-come, first-served basis. (If you're not a member of LiveJournal, you may cut and paste the sign-up template into an email, tailor it appropriately, and send it to snapecase [at] gmail [dot] com.)

Sign-Up Template

Category Assignment (First come, first served) & Fan Work Preview: Category assignments will be emailed on a first come, first served basis from the mod account, snapecase [at] gmail [dot] com. Reply to your category assignment upon receipt of it to confirm your email address and verify your intention to participate in the Snape Showcase. Once that's done, friend the snapecase_mod if you'd like a private preview of your fan work before it posts in January.

Production Period (October-November), Submission Guidelines, & Deadline Day (30 November): During the production period, produce, have beta'd, and submit your new, stand-alone fan work to snapecase [at] gmail [dot] com by the 30 November deadline; your fan work must fit into one LJ post. Don't share your fan work with anyone other than your beta(s) because the Snape Showcase is anonymous in every respect before the Reveal.

Your art should be in the neighborhood of 800 by 600 pixels and submitted as a GIF, JPEG, or PNG file. Your header should be formatted in HTML as a TXT file. Attach both files to your submission email.

Your fic, including its header, should be between 1000-10,000 words and formatted in HTML as a TXT file. Attach your file to your submission email.

If you produce art & fic, attach all files to your submission email.

Use the Snape Showcase header when formatting your artwork header or fic; remove the brackets and tailor the template appropriately.

Fest Header

Posting Period (1-30 January): During the posting period, follow the Snape Showcase and comment on the works that move you. If you like, you may anonymously reply to any comments that your fan work receives.

The Reveal (31 January): After the Reveal posts, thank everyone involved in making the Snape Showcase a success before pseudonymously answering any comments that your fan work receives and posting it elsewhere—and accept my invitation to participate in the next run of snapecase!

Contact Information

Direct your fest-related questions and concerns to snapecase [at] gmail [dot] com, particularly if you find that you must drop out or would like to arrange an extension.

snapecase features fan works based on characters and situations created by J. K. Rowling and owned by J. K. Rowling and various publishers, including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended by the posting of these fan works.